The next generation will be very interesting (competition-wise)

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JEDE3 said:
Next generation won't be for a while.... I mean... people are saying 2011. Really? Is that why Sony and MS introduced peripherals for their CURRENT console this year for next... Wouldn't they need to introduce the console basically next years E3 effectively killing their motion control hype? Unless NATAL is for the next consol... but MS reassured us that its for all 360's

All the three have good reasons to keep this generation a long one:

- Microsoft and Sony haven't made any profit from their systems yet (though it's fair to say that profit could be a secondary thing for MS)

- Microsoft is launching Natal quite late in the generation as you said.

- Sony is not exactly in the best financial position to start intensive R&D for another generation.

- Nintendo is winning and making a lot of profit from the Wii, there isn't much of a reason to stop that early.

It's hard to say which of the companies will blink first, or when it will happen...